When Rs say Hillary is lucky to be running against Trump

- and aver that any of the other 15 candidates who ran in the R primaries would be mopping the floor with her were they they nominee - they are basically admitting that the Rs always intended to run a smear campaign against Hillary, no matter who the R candidate was.

Think about it: Hillary would be doing worse against Carly Fiorina or Ben Carson? Worse against Mike Huckabee? Worse against the about-to-be-indicted Chris Christie? Does that tell you that the Rs were champing at the bit to have a broad discussion based on policies? Yeah, I didn't think so.

The Rs backed Trump and backed him enthusiastically, not because they wanted to run a policy wonk or a seasoned and experienced politician, but because they thought he would bring the crazy against Hillary like no other candidate would dare. And that meant bringing up all of the non-scandals of the past 30 years. That was the playbook no matter who ended up with the R nomination. It became clear that Trump would do so without any pause for decorum or decency, and that's what won him the nomintion.

Remember that the next time one of these RW assholes gets on the air and laments that their party couldn't field a candidate who could defeat "the most-flawed candidate in history."

And remember it's bullshit, just like everything else you hear coming out of their pie holes.